Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-07

opened fire on him. Being unarmed, DIR.
Northup retreated: the McCoys followed,
keeping up their fire until they had emptied
their reyolyers DIR. Sorthup went down
towards his boarding house, which was
about 40 yards away. Then he returned To
get his hat, which had fallen of. BY this
time one of McCoy's small boys had gone
. 10 the saloon and procured double-harreiled
shotgun loaded with bnckShot. ami had
returned and given il to his brother Pier>on.
The father took the gun from PierSon and
started at the doctor again, who was
retreating to seek shelter. Mccoy
overlook him. placed the mulzle
against his body, and fired both barrels.
One load took effect in the doctors left
arm, tearing it to pieces; the other load en-
tered the left side of his back, three inches
from the spinal column, and the shot cut
the spine in Two. The doctor fell dead.
| This ends the story of the tragedy. Mccoy,
his two sons, and his brother James, post
master of Haverhill. were arrested and
taken to jail at Portsmouth. As Mccoy
was on his way, on a river boat. he was met
by sister of Dr. Northup, "who stopped
Sobhing and uttered denunciatory SEN
tence." What Mccoy says of the matter
may be seen from the following. from re-
port of the occurrence, in the Ironton Reg
lister:
Alfred Mccoy, who was thought toe
badly hut TO take to Portsmouth when
James, Pierson and Thomas were taken.
Wednesday night, was seeE by the reporter
at the Mccoy House under guard. and spoke
| freely of the tragedy, giving the history of
their quarrels for years past very fully. He
exhibited some emotion once, when he
| spoke of the wrongs heaped upon him by
| DIR. Nolthup, He had poisoned his dogs.
| killed his chickens. rocked his children. got
| him in jail for violating the Scott law.
and finally shot at PierSon. He claimed
| that DIR. NoI ,hup Slashed his arm before
| there was any shooting. That was what
| incensed him Ia do the deed he SO thor
| oughly accomplished. and for which he
expresses no regret. In telling about the
! last part OF the tragedy. he said: Doc.
Northup and Charley Ault We're coming up
| the street with their hands full of rocks.
| and took the gun from one of my boys
and suppose | killed him"
The assassiuatinns of Haddock and Nor
! thup have been almost universally con-
demned, by republicans, democrats and
Others, the only exceptions being in the
case of persons connected with or represent
| ing the liquor traffic, hut almost without ex-
ceptiOn have the victims been named as
. ,aFt.H Of nrnhihttfnt. A.. oh
were no more, they died for principle and
v ere as much martyrs and moral heroes
A. any who have been burned at the stake.
| But the fact Is. these men died because
they were simply discharging their duty as
good citizens. in ding in the Enforcement
of the laws of their state, and the aSSassus
Were more than murdererS. They Were
/ III armed rebellion against the legally con-
stituted Authorizes. and their crimes were
not simply committed against individuals.
but against the state Itself as well as
against God Almighty.
| The Cincinnati Commercial GOzcttc. of
Saturday. has a long account of the affair
referred 10 in the foregoing, and makes the
| following editorial statement:
Il has been published throughout the
country that this was another Haddo-k
case that il was the murder of a good citi-
zen tor taking an active part in suppresSing
the saloon business.
But this is not the truth exactly. though
there are grounds for the statement that
has been generally accepted in the fact that
the McCoys. who are the murdererS. kept
saloon. and DIR. Northup the victim. was
temperance man.
The original quarrel tina: eliminated in
the murder was about line between lots.
the McCoys claiming that Northup had
trespassed in cutting trees and building
stable. The saloon came in afterward, and
DIR. Northup simply gave testimony. when
called, as to the character of the place.
-Four of the McCoys have been indicted
for murder in the first degree